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I've just read a quote from a book called In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan, in a blog post by Chris Peterson, a legend in the field of Positive Psychology. The blog is about his reaction to the book (all good) and what food means to us today (not all good). The quote is this:
"Don't eat anything your great-grandmother would not recognize as food" (p. 148)
This is such good advice on so many levels.
We may not know exactly what our great-grandmothers cooked for their families, but we can easily recognise food that they would have been horrified by:
- breakfast cereal in a box
- mashed potato in a box – just add water!
- individually-wrapped cheese slices
- fish and chips
- many other examples I'm sure you can name
OK, I admit that our great-grandmothers would have been horrified by the food from other countries as well. None of mine would ever have seen pasta, or pizza, or stir-fries, or baba ganoush,or any of the very many foods we now take for granted. That's not what I'm talking about here.
Over-processed food is what I was thinking when I read this. Our great-grandmothers didn't have supermarkets, and probably bought very little from the store, as little as possible. Many grew their own food. Mine milked cows, made butter, jam, and the bread it went on. They probably killed and plucked chickens and a great many other tasks that I would find distasteful. But they knew exactly what they were feeding their families.
It probably never occured to them that there might be anything that masqueraded as food that was actually bad for them.
If you are very lucky you have recipes passed down from your grandmothers and great grandmothers. I don't, but I still remember Gran's apple pies. My Mum never could make pies like Gran. The point is that they made them from fresh ingredients, they didn't buy them from Woolworths.


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On Thursday, April 24 I'll have the privilege of demonstrating Drupal at the Web 2.0 Expo Launch Pad event in San Francisco. Acquia and five other companies will have five minutes each to demo their product or service in front of a large audience and a panel of VC's. It's a huge honor for Acquia to be chosen among the 150 companies that submitted applications and a wonderful opportunity to show off Drupal in front of thousands of its potentially likely users.
In February, I gave a two-hour talk about Drupal at the Boston PHP User's Group. In the past I've spent as long as five full days teaching Drupal developer seminars. In San Francisco, I'll have three minutes—Acquia's VP of Marketing Jeff Whatcott seems to insist on spending at least some of our time talking about our company :-). How would you demonstrate Drupal's depth and flexibility in three minutes? What would you show?
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so i surf in texas and ive never had a longboard so ive just been surfing shortboards and i was decent at it but cause of the summer i havent even been bothering getting out and surfing but even when i was i was just going straight toward the beach following the white water. well today at a local spot i went out and by the time i got out to the line up i was exhausted from paddling out so i guess i need to do some more homework(go out even on not so good quality days just so i dont get outta shape)haha. well yesterday the waves i did manage to catch i would try to turn to go along the face and the board would just turn over sideways. then i started to lean back and try to pivot but with as slow as i was going i couldnt get the wave to pick me back up... soooo thennnn i started to put pressure on my front foot to get some speed and then i would try to lean back and pivot on on my back foot or lean on the rails which would again cause the board to turn over or the wave passed me up so that wasnt working either. and sometimes when i would put weight on my front foot id speed but then id keep adding more pressure because id want more speed but then the front would go just go under.
im about 5'7.5'' tall and the board is a 6'3'' biscuit so any advice in general?


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Suffolk, ss. Division of Administrative Law Appeals
Jean Green,
v. Docket No. CR-06-1121
State Board of Retirement,
Appearance for Petitioner:
Jean Green, pro se
211 Parke Avenue
Quincy, MA 02171
Appearance for Respondent:
Crystal Chow, Esq.
State Board of Retirement
One Ashburton Place, 12th Floor
Boston, MA 02108
Administrative Magistrate:
Sarah H. Luick, Esq.
Pursuant to G. L. c. 32, s. 16(4), the Petitioner, Jean Green, is appealing the December 1, 2006 decision of the Respondent, State Board of Retirement, refusing to reconsider the Group 1 classification of her position of Social Worker/Case Manager, to reclassify it in Group 2. (Ex. 2) The appeal was filed December 15, 2006. (Ex. 1) A hearing was held January 16, 2008, at the offices of the Division of Administrative Law Appeals (DALA), 98 North Washington Street, 4th Floor, Boston, MA 02114, pursuant to G. L. c. 7, s. 4H.
Various documents are in evidence. (Exs. 1 - 6) The parties filed pre-hearing memoranda. ("A") One tape was used. The Petitioner testified, and presented the testimony of two prior co-workers: Janice D'Avignon, Ph.D., a licensed clinical psychologist; and Mary Engels, a licensed clinical social worker. Both parties made arguments on the record. The parties also addressed the timeliness of the appeal.
1. Jean Green, d.o.b. 11/21/35, retired from her job of Social Worker/Case Manager at the Massachusetts Hospital School in Canton. She retired under superannuation in Group 1, effective February 9, 1996. ("A". Ex. 4. Testimony)
2. The application to retire form included a place to check off which of the four group classifications your job was given, if you knew. She did not check off a job classification. No other discussion about group classification was part of the form. Another document done in connection with retiring, the Salary Request and Release form, also did not contain any discussion that jobs are given group classifications at retirement. In neither form was there any reference to G. L. c. 32, § 3(2)(g). Ms. Green did not know anything about her job classification or what it meant to be put in Group 1. When she was awarded retirement, she was not informed about any right to appeal her group classification. (Ex. 4. Testimony)
3. Ms. Green was a licensed clinical social worker. She worked for the state from November 27, 1977, last working at the Massachusetts Hospital School. She worked with children and young adults attending the school, which covered first grade through high school with students attending up to twenty-two years old. All the students had special needs. Some had physical disabilities, over 50% were mentally retarded and/or emotionally disturbed. Some had sustained traumatic brain injuries. Some had a combination of conditions. The students' impairments were substantial, and were "behavioral, psychological, neurological and cognitive." Most of the students were residential, living in cottages on the grounds with about 35-40 students in each one. The school covered a regular grade school and high school academic program. There were about 150-200 students at any given time. The students were residential since local school systems were unable to help them, or their families wanted them to attend the school. The students came through the Department of Mental Retardation, the Department of Mental Health, and the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission. (Exs. 3 & 6. Testimony)
4. Ms. Green carried a caseload of about 25 students at any given time. Toward the end of her career, she was working with the older students. She spent 65-70% of her time working directly with the students. When she was with a student or a group of her students, she had responsibility for their safety and wellbeing in addition to providing them with guidance and instruction. She would need to physically intervene to break up disputes and other aggressive behaviors. She and other staff at the school received "professional training in non-violent crisis intervention." She would counsel and guide them in daily life skills, coping mechanisms, awareness about their disabilities, and self-esteem. She would promote interaction among peers, and also deal with discipline as needed when inappropriate and disruptive or dangerous behaviors were not under control. The goal of her work was to make her students as independent and functioning as they could be as they were being prepared to leave the school, and/or to go to other placements. She would show them how to use public transportation, stores, manage their money, and how to do other needed daily living tasks. She helped to secure the services they would need to address their impairments upon leaving the school. She also met with the families of the students. The remainder of her time was spent doing recordkeeping and data entry as well as attending meetings about the students' needs. (Exs. 3 & 6. Testimony)
5. Ms. Green would be assigned particular students by the Director of Case Management at the school. She did not supervise staff below her although she worked as part of an interdisciplinary team to help each student. This approach also involved interactions and discussions with the referring agencies and with the Department of Social Services. All the students had individual service and education plans that were implemented by staff, including Ms. Green. (Exs. 3, 5 & 6. Testimony)
6. The job description for Social Worker/Case Manager at the Massachusetts Hospital School listed the following general description:
Assumes responsibility for case management of 25 or more disabled patient/students both residential and day school, provides services to families of these students and acts as a liaison between MHS staff and these families. (Ex. 5)
The requirements for the job included prior experience in social work and social casework, and goes on to state the following:
Social Workers in various state agencies including social service, correctional facilities, health care or mental health facilities, work with mentally ill, retarded, physically handicapped and other clients under considerable emotional stress who may become verbally or physically abusive; visit clients in their homes, hospitals, prisons, various placements such as group or foster care facilities, training facilities, or work programs, etc., and may be called on a 24-hour basis. (Ex. 5)
Numerous specific qualifications are listed in the job description that address one-on-one interactions with the students at the school including:
Considerable knowledge of the principles of human behavior ….
Considerable knowledge of the principles and practices involved in the handling of clients with personal and emotional problems …. Ability to gain and hold confidence of patients, children and other persons in institutions or released from institutional care or of dependent and handicapped persons …. Ability to maintain harmonious working relationships with social agencies, institutions, officials, and employees and relatives of patients or children …. Ability to secure social information and make proper recommendations …. Knowledge of interviewing techniques … Ability to gather information through questioning and observing individuals …. Ability to communicate effectively in written and oral expression …. Ability to give oral and written instructions in a precise, understandable manner …. Ability to deal tactfully with others …. Ability to establish rapport with persons from different ethnic, cultural and/or economic backgrounds … Ability to interact with people who are under physical and/or emotional stress …. Ability to maintain a calm manner in stressful and emergency situations …. Ability to work in group situations …. Ability to work in a team setting …. Ability to motivate clients …. Ability to exercise sound judgment … Ability to exercise discretion in handling confidential information …. Willingness to be subjected to verbal abuse from others in a job related setting …. Willingness to be subjected to physical abuse from others in a job related setting …. Willingness to work with emotionally disturbed or mentally retarded clients …. Knowledge of the types and causes of psychological disorders …. Knowledge of the types and uses of psychological tests for determining individual interests, aptitudes, skills and occupational preferences …. (Ex. 5)
7. The job description also addresses specific administrative tasks of a Social Worker/Case Manager at the Massachusetts Hospital School:
Provides documentation in medical records and social service records of pre-evaluations, goals of admission, discharge planning, home visits, and psycho-social history …. Writes quarterly progress notes on each patient and enters these in records to keep staff informed of situations …. Writes 60-day updates on discharge planning for each new patient …. Reviews reports and pertinent patient/student records in order to determine progress and appropriateness of services and to make recommendations concerning course of action for effectively meeting clients needs …. Maintains confidentiality of all patient/student information …. Maintains records of individual educational in-service and program attendance …. Reads and maintains current knowledge of appropriate meeting minutes …. Participates in … data collection …. Attends morning … and other meetings relative to patient/student issues …. Performs related duties such as attending meetings and hearings, answering inquiries and providing information, maintaining records, preparing reports and correspondence, recommending approval or payments to service providers, and providing or arranging for transportation for clients to enable them to receive required services. (Ex. 5)
Related abilities include:
Ability to prepare effective written reports …. Knowledge of the principles of social work including terminology …. Knowledge of the methods of general report writing …. Ability to understand, explain and apply the provisions of the laws, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, specifications, standards and guidelines governing assigned unit activities …. Ability to read and interpret documents such as case histories and records …. Ability to accurately record information provided orally … Ability to assemble items of information in accordance with established procedures …. Knowledge of the types and uses of agency forms …. Knowledge of proper telephone procedures for making and receiving agency calls …. Knowledge of the placement, referral and related sources available for providing services to clients such as social casework services, health care services, day care services, adoption placement services, counseling services, foster care services, homemaker services, family and child protective services, psychological services, psychiatric services, and/or employment services. …. Knowledge of the types and availability of public or private community-based organizations and resources for providing services for the rehabilitation of ex-offenders …. (Ex. 5)
8. Ms. Green had retired for awhile when she spoke to a nurse with whom she had worked for years at the Massachusetts Hospital School, and felt as a result, that she could have qualified for a Group 2 classification at the time of her retirement due to her hands-on work with the students. As a result, Ms. Green petitioned the State Board of Retirement by letter of October 19, 2006 to reconsider her Group 1 classification. She provided the Board with her job description. She noted how she had to be able to and did intervene with students who became behavioral problems. She noted how she had received training in crisis intervention. She noted how she worked directly with the students who were mentally retarded. (Ex. 3. Testimony)
9. By letter of December 1, 2006, the State Board of Retirement denied Ms. Green's petition to reconsider her classification. The Board noted she had retired in 1996, and only offered the following: "Please be advised that the Board voted to deny reconsideration of your request." (Ex. 2) Ms. Green appealed by December 15, 2006. (Ex. 1)
Timeliness of the appeal
Ms. Green took no action at the time she retired to contest the group classification she received from the State Board of Retirement. She is now, some ten years later, seeking to contest that classification. Her testimony is credible that she had no idea about group classifications when she retired, or that a group classification would impact the size of her superannuation retirement allowance. Although the State Board of Retirement at the hearing and in its pre-hearing memorandum argues that her appeal is not timely made, the Board presented no evidence how at the time of her retirement, the Board had provided Ms. Green with information concerning her group classification. There was no evidence presented to show the State Board of Retirement at the time she retired, informed Ms. Green that if she was aggrieved by the Group classification she received that she had the right to appeal.
Ms. Green filed to retire in and around January 1996 with an effective date of retirement of February 9, 1996. The retirement forms she completed at that time nowhere discussed the impact of the different job classifications. Her failing to check off a group on her application form, in light of her testimony, shows she did not know what group she was in when she sought to retire. The Salary Request and Release form did not even direct her where to find out about group classifications. See, Ex. 4.
Against this background, I do not find she received adequate notice that her job was being classified in Group 1 for retirement purposes, or that this would mean a smaller retirement allowance than if she had received a different group classification. She did not know she had any grievance against the State Board of Retirement at the time she retired.
In Towler v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board (CRAB), 37 Mass. App. Ct. 227 (1994), the Court addressed the actions of a widow of a fire fighter who had died minutes after returning to the fire station from the scene of a fire he had been fighting. The local retirement board had not provided the widow with any information concerning her potential rights to a G. L. c. 32, §100 benefit, which is a generous alternative to an accidental death benefit under G. L. c. 32, § 9, which she sought and received. On the facts of how her husband died, she would have likely received Section 100 benefits. Years later in 1977, she filed to substitute the Section 100 benefits for her Section 9 benefits. She then decided to withdraw the application. Years later in 1989, she again filed for Section 100 benefits. The widow lost her quest for Section 100 benefits in 1989. The Court acknowledged the widow may have been in "good faith ignorance of the law in 1967" and may have had a right to pursue this claim in 1977 "notwithstanding her prior receipt of benefits under Section 9." Id., at 282. But, the Court found she could not prevail using this same argument in 1989; that by withdrawing her 1977 application she made a knowing election or choice to continue receiving Section 9 benefits. The Court noted how a party can waive a right by failing to assert it, citing Spence v. Reeder, 382 Mass. 398, 411 (1981) The Court also recognized that "CRAB, acting under G. L. c. 32, Section 16(4), [has] to strike a reasonable balance between the rights of claimants and the interests of retirement boards in fair and orderly administration of the pension laws." Id., at 281. Ms. Green is in the same circumstances, in terms of asserting a right for a benefit, that the widow was in 1977. Ms. Green, following the Court's reasoning, has standing now to pursue her G. L. c. 32, §16(4) appeal.
I conclude that Ms. Green was not provided with adequate notice by the State Board of Retirement at the time of her retirement to have required her to file an appeal at that time if she was going to dispute her group classification. I conclude that as soon as she realized she had been wrongfully classified, she filed for reclassification without delay. For this reason, I find her current appeal to be timely filed pursuant to G. L. c. 32, § 16(4).
Ms. Green presented a credible and corroborated account of what she did in the job at and around the time of her retirement. Most of her time was spent in direct contact with mentally ill, mentally retarded, and emotionally challenged high school students at a special state run school for them. Her role was doing counseling, instructing, and social work with them. Her job encompassed ensuring their safety and wellbeing during her routine interactions with the 25-30 individual students in her caseload. Her role was not to only occasionally have significant interactions with the students. Rather, her job was to work one-on-one with the students assigned to her. They were in her care and custody at such times. What was an ancillary part of her job was the administrative and recordkeeping work. This assessment of what her work entailed was corroborated by her former co-workers, whose testimony I also found to be credible. This assessment is consistent with the information contained in the job description for Social Worker/Case Manager at Massachusetts Hospital School. (See Gaw v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board, 4 Mass.App.Ct. 250 (1976), on the importance of having the member's account of their duties be in line with the essential aspects of their job description.) The State Board of Retirement's arguments that she was only occasionally and not primarily having direct contact with the students is not borne out by the findings I have made.
Ms. Green has met her burden of proof to show that as required by the provisions of G. L. c. 32, § 3(2)(g) for a Group 2 job classification, her "regular and major duties" had her routinely engaging in "the care, custody, instruction or other supervision of … persons who are mentally ill or mentally defective or defective delinquents or wayward children …." Group classification is determined by the job duties Ms. Green was performing at the time of her retirement, which her evidence addressed. Maddocks v. CRAB, 369 Mass. 488, 493-494 (1976).
Case law that existed at and around the time of Ms. Green's retirement supports finding her job to be properly classified in Group 2. See, Lyle v. State Board of Retirement, CR-1294 (DALA, 12/14/78) (No CRAB Decision) (Mental Health Assistant II given a Group 2 classification for work involving direct care of mentally ill patients); Gilbert Smith v. State Board of Retirement, CR-88-788 (DALA, 10/30/89) (CRAB, 1/22/90) (Mental Health Worker IV at Westborough State Hospital given a Group 2 classification for work involving direct care of acute psychiatric patients); Lamphier v. State Board of Retirement, CR-95-69 (DALA, 2/25/97) (No CRAB Decision) (Registered Nurse III at Wrentham State School given a Group 2 job classification because she spent between 75-80% of her working time doing clinical care nursing to severely to profoundly mentally retarded clients including to clients with secondary psychiatric diagnoses); Grieve v. State Board of Retirement, CR-98-177 (DALA, 6/24/99) (No CRAB Decision) (Registered Nurse IV at the Wrentham State School working with the same kind of clients as in Lamphier, supra, received a Group 2 classification for working with clients who were mentally retarded since that term is encompassed within the meaning of "mentally defective" used in G. L. c. 32, § 3(2)(g) when describing Group 2.)
More recent case law continues to find jobs like the one Ms. Green performed to be properly classified in Group 2, where involved is direct care, custody, instruction, or other supervision rendered to mentally retarded and mentally ill clients. See, Harris v. CRAB, Superior Court Civil Action No. 01-3036-6 (7/3/02) (Pharmacist job provided care and instruction through counseling to mentally ill clients about their medications); Zilembo v. State Board of Retirement, CR-02-907 (DALA, 10/7/05) (No CRAB Decision) (Case Manager II rendered direct care and counseling to mentally ill clients); Parmenter v. State Board of Retirement, CR-04-341 (DALA, 8/1/05) (No CRAB Decision) (Human Services Coordinator A/B II rendered direct care and counseling to mentally ill clients); Viveiros v. State Board of Retirement, CR-99-684 (DALA 8/28/00) (No CRAB Decision). (Compliance Officer III/Human Rights Officer at the Taunton State Hospital met alone with mentally ill clients to help them with a range of issues such as helping to secure an attorney, getting appropriate clothing, and transportation to medical appointments)
I conclude there is support for requiring that the State Board of Retirement change Ms. Green's job classification to Group 2, as the correction of an error on its part. G. L. c. 32, §20(5)(c)(1) and (2) calls upon a retirement board to correct an error once it is discovered, as far as is practicable. This statutory provision does not contain a statute of limitations to prevent correcting errors practicable to correct. But, it is not practicable to expect a retirement board to have to revert back over ten years to make the correction. Rather, I conclude it is practicable to expect a correction of the Board's error by commencing the Group 2 retirement as of the date of Ms. Green's request for reconsideration of her classification of October 19, 2006. (See, Pierce v. State Board of Retirement, CR-92-245 (DALA, 7/15/93) (CRAB, 10/28/93), where a job classification change was made to correct an error, but the change was made retroactive to the date of the discovery of the error and not back to the effective date of retirement.)
For these reasons, the decision of the State Board of Retirement is rescinded, and the case is remanded to the Board to recalculate Ms. Green's retirement allowance to be a Group 2 retirement allowance as of December 1, 2006.
Sarah H. Luick, Esq.
Administrative Magistrate
DATED: March 31, 2008
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CIU Student to Swim around Key West – Again
At age 52, Bill Haselden has lived a lot of life. After earning an MBA from the University of South Carolina, he went on to develop a successful business career, first with Fortune 500 manufacturer Rockwell International, and then founding Pet Lover's Warehouse, a chain of pet supply stores, which he sold several years ago.
While ruminating on a number of other new business ideas, he finally responded to a repeated request from an old friend to consider taking classes at Columbia International University Seminary & School of Ministry. That old friend is CIU Professor Dr. Rick Higgins.
"I finally met Rick for lunch in February of 2011 on the campus of CIU," Haselden said. "He took me on a tour and I fell in love with the place. Later that spring, my wife and I attended the Preview Day. Afterwards, I told her that I felt like God was leading me to enroll in the seminary."
Haselden is enrolled in the Biblical Ministry Certificate program and is considering pursuing a master's degree from the seminary. He says at this point, his main goal "is to absorb as much of the teaching as I can and allow God to apply it to my life."
But before he does any more studying Haselden has another ambition: on June 8 he plans to swim 12.5 miles around Key West, Fla. – for the seventh time. He has swum the annual event in as little as 5 hours and 47 minutes, fighting the tides and tropical storms.
More than an annual physical challenge, the Swim Around Key West has turned into a missions trip for Haselden. He says the race director is a local pastor with an evangelistic outreach to the swimmers. "I have the distinct privilege to be involved in ministries there," he adds.
Haselden, who draws spiritual applications from his pursuits of endurance, remembers his first Swim Around Key West.
About a mile into the swim he says "the winds kicked up and it began to rain so hard that I could not see the shore. I had no idea which way I was swimming." Each swimmer is accompanied by a kayaker – for Haselden it was a personal friend who was having his own troubles dealing with the six-foot swells.
"(But) through it all I knew my kayaker was still with me," Haselden said. "He would be riding up on a swell and I would be at the bottom of a swell. As we passed each other, he often hit me with his paddle by mistake. I could hear his muffled cry, 'Sorry!' Several times I stopped to tread water to try to site for land. Each time I got a big wave in my face and choked. So I kept swimming in the direction I hoped was correct. At least when I was swimming I wasn't choking. The storm went on for about an hour. I was expending much more energy than I had ever done before on any training swim."
When the storm passed and the sun came out, Haselden and his kayaker were told that the race was cancelled by the Coast Guard. Not being sure of the source of the news, they continued the race with Haselden's body experiencing numbness and then pain.
"At mile number 10, the feeling returned to my poor arms," Haselden said. "I flipped over onto my back and asked my kayaker to throw me a bottle of water. He did, but it had been out in the hot tropical sun for so long that it literally burned my tongue. It was all I could do to continue. We finally made it to the finish line and I crawled out of the ocean."
But the race had indeed been cancelled due to an overwhelming number of distress calls received by the Coast Guard. So, the finish was unofficial.
Haselden, lists a number of practical and spiritual lessons of faith and endurance from his first Swim Around Key West, including:
God is an ever-present source of comfort and help.
Finishing the race is its own reward - even when the world considers it "unofficial."
Don't ever give up.
Cool water is more refreshing to drink than hot water!
"This year, Lord willing, I plan to be standing on the beach in Key West with my kayaker on Saturday June 8 for the 2013 swim." Haselden said. "Dr. Rick Higgins has graciously volunteered to be my kayaker this time! I've asked him to please ice the water and try not to hit me with his paddle!"
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These new devices will be powered by a very unique processor called the Motorola X8 Mobile Computing System. This is an octa-core chip with dedicated cores for a few functions. Two of the cores are standard processing cores, four are graphics processing cores, one is a contextual computing processor core, and one is the natural language processor core. Quite impressive, but will it be "high end?"
The DROID Ultra will feature the 10 megapixel camera with an f/2.4 aperture that was rumored to be the "Clear pixel" camera. We don't know if this is it, but we'll find out soon! The DROID Maxx also features a 48 hour battery in a small, 8.5mm body (compared to the DROID RAZR MAXX HD's 32 hour battery in a 9.3mm body).
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This efficient book begins with Joseph Patrick Kennedy in the innocent June of 1911—big, handsome red headed, a substitute first-baseman for Harvard. They were ahead in the big game with Yale, when, to the surprise of his teammates in the last half of the ninth inning with two men out, the Harvard captain called time out, and waved in, of all people, Joe Kennedy, a sworn enemy of his, who caught the ball on first base, and made the final play. Leaving the diamond on the last victory of a brilliant career, the Captain asked for the ball as a trophy. Since Kennedy was not on the team that year and was beholden to the Captain for letting him win the "H" he had not earned, the request was not unreasonable. Joe Kennedy just struck the ball in his pocket. "I made the put out, didn't I?" he said and moved truculently off. Long afterward when his teammates asked why he had been so considerate that day, the sheepish ex-Captain confessed: some days before the game he had had a visit from some associates of Patrick Joseph Kennedy of the Boston City Council. The men happened to have heard that the Harvard Captain planned after graduation to apply to the city for a license to operate a movie theater. If the young man expected that license, Pat Kennedy's son had better win that letter.
This book concludes with Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy at seventy-six, former Chairman of the Securities Exchange Commission, of the U.S. Maritime Commission, Roosevelt's envoy to the Court of St. James, stricken with an intracranial thrombosis, last seen as a figure of vast resignation—mute, paralyzed, in his Hyannisport bedroom late in the November afternoon of the funeral, seated before the blank, devastated television screen from which his hero-son had passed into legend. "When the going gets tough," Joe Kennedy used to tell his growing boys, inculcating that strain of ambition he would call "moxie" and Max Lerner "hubris," "that's when the tough get going." The proof of that humble apophthegm is the career of this phenomenal American, more phenomenal than any or all of his descendents, who out of some Gargantuan urge to establish his line exhorted, subsidized and dragooned his sons into politics to create new dimensions of power that touch on the metaphysical.
Richard J. Whalen, an editor of Fortune and an alert young man, younger even than Teddy K., has compiled a solid journalistic biography. He has drawn from authorities as diverse as Henry Adams and Oscar Handlin on the curious social and political structure of Boston; from the spate of contemporary prose, mostly fatuous and ephemeral, that has been manufactured about, for, and now and then by Kennedys, from newspaper files and public documents. These secondary sources are embellished by unpublished materials on the life of the progenitor and, most importantly, by interviews with old…
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JELAWUR, Afghanistan — The men of Bravo Company have a bitter description for the irrigated swath of land along the Arghandab River where 10 members of their battalion have been killed and 30 have been wounded since the beginning of August.
"Like Vietnam without the napalm," said Spc. Nicholas Gojekian, 21, of Katy, Texas.
A prime agricultural area of vineyards and pomegranate orchards, the 18-miles of valley that the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment patrols includes Taliban insurgents, booby traps and buried explosives. The troops call the area the "green zone," but unlike Iraq, where it's a fortified area in the heart of Baghdad, this green zone can be a hellish place.
The soldiers have one of the toughest tasks in Afghanistan: improving security and winning the support of villagers in an area where the Taliban have been gaining power.
The battalion arrived in southern Afghanistan this summer as part of a brigade of more than 3,800 soldiers from Fort Lewis, Wash. The unit took its heaviest losses in August, when it had the highest casualties in what was the deadliest month so far in America's eight-year war here.
So far, the Army mission here has been an uneasy mix of trying to woo elders with offers of generators, roads and other improvements while fighting a nasty war with an often-unseen enemy.
Bravo Company arrived in Afghanistan with 24 Strykers, the first of the eight-wheeled combat vehicles outfitted with high-tech communications and surveillance gear to arrive in Afghanistan. A third of the vehicles are now out of service due to bomb attacks or maintenance.
The bomb threats are so pervasive that Stryker drivers have abandoned some stretches of road in favor of driving through the deserts on different routes. The road to one smaller outpost has so many homemade bombs that the soldiers usually arrive on foot, a treacherous hike due to buried land mines.
"We have had enemy contact almost every day," said Lt. Col. Jon Neumann, the commander of the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment. "Until we do clearing, we can't hold or build here right now," a reference to the U.S. counter-insurgency tactic of "clear, hold and build."
Neumann said that a "perfect storm" of factors has bolstered the Taliban in the Arghandab. They include a successful spring insurgency campaign, the death of a strong tribal leader who supported the U.S.-backed Afghan government and the wounding of a charismatic police chief.
The Americans are up against a foe who's adept at creating unforeseen hazards. Often the Taliban fill large yellow water jugs with explosives — packing some underneath road culverts and burying others in the sandy desert soil.
Some battalion solders perished when their Strykers hit roadside bombs — known as IED's or improvised explosive devices — and others were killed by bombs that exploded while they patrolled on foot. On a single deadly day in August, a Bravo Company 1st lieutenant on a patrol had both his legs blown off by a mine, and explosions killed two soldiers temporarily attached to the unit as they walked through the green zone.
Civilian casualties also have climbed. IED's set by insurgents have blown up many. Villagers claim that other civilians have died or been injured in crossfires when U.S. forces and their Afghan allies fight insurgents.
Bravo Company is responsible for an area that's considered a key staging point for Taliban as they organize forays into Kandahar, a major southern city where the insurgents rule by night and set off bombs by day.
The Arghandab valley is starkly divided between a flat, barren desert and the fertile stretch of irrigated orchards, vineyards and cornfields along the river. In the 1980s, Soviet troops spent more than a month in an unsuccessful attempt to defeat U.S.-backed mujahedeen forces that took refuge in the orchards.
From the green zone, the Taliban fan out to villages, which consist largely of mud brick homes inside mud-walled compounds that sprout out of the ground in the same dun colors of the surrounding desert.
The Taliban presence is strong enough in some areas that children are afraid to go to school, even abandoning a large school built in 2004 with the aid of Japanese funds. "If we send our children to school during the day, then the Taliban will come kill the parents at night," said one elder in a meeting with Bravo Company soldiers in the village of Adirah. McClatchy isn't using the elder's name to protect his security.
In the nearby village of Jelawur, the U.N. was able to complete a rebuilding project a few years after the fall of Taliban, an effort marked with a plaque on a wall. Seven years later, however, several dozen Bravo Company soldiers found a walk down the main street to be a tense one this week.
The soldiers were in full battle gear, scanning culverts for IED's and checked their gun sights to search the surrounding fields for signs of a Taliban attack. Some soldiers stripped off their shoulder patches to make themselves less of a target.
Villagers warily monitored their passage. A soldier threw out a piece of candy, and a shopkeeper quickly admonished a young boy to leave it alone.
The company had 152 soldiers when it arrived, which was more than a dozen short of its authorized strength. Since then, some platoons have been depleted by injuries, including concussions from bomb blasts.
"I don't have enough troops for everything they want me to do here," said Capt. Jamie Pope, the company commander, a West Point graduate from Sherrills Ford, N.C.
One platoon authorized to have more than 40 soldiers is now trying to get by with fewer than 32 soldiers. After guard duty is assigned, a platoon may be at less than full strength for patrols.
"We may go with 10 to 11 guys, when we like to have 14 to 21," said Sgt. 1st Class Anthony Dimico, a 1st platoon soldier from Yakima, Wash. Another platoon that arrived with 39 soldiers was operating this week with 22, according to Sgt. 1st Class Zalman Dass from Renton, Wash..
The tempo was set on one of the first patrols back on Aug. 10 as Bravo Company soldiers trekked through a cornfield and were attacked at close range by nearly a dozen fighters who fired from the edge of some orchards.
Spc. Richard Thiebault was one of the lead soldiers. He heard the slam of a rifle bolt, and then went down with a bullet in his chest from an RPK machinegun about 60 feet away. His ballistic vest probably saved his life: The bullet left a half-dollar sized dent in the armor, but it didn't penetrate.
"I'm still shook up to this day," said Thiebault. "I don't like going near the orchards."
(Bernton reports for The Seattle Times.)
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'We're pinned down:' 4 U.S. Marines die in Afghan ambush
More U.S. troops to Afghanistan? Obama's caught in a vise
Top U.S. officer: Afghan war 'probably' needs more troops
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chungp2 Posts: 1Hey all, I am going to pick up my RSX Type S tomorrow. I got price quotes from a number of different dealerships around my area online. Once I got that info, i started calling them one-by-one to see if they could beat the best price quote that I got. I did this until dealerships started dropping out of the price war. It ultimately came down to 2 dealerships. Both dealerships gave quotes of $23,047 (Invoice = $22,369, MSRP = $24,460). I thought those prices were pretty decent, so I just went to the dealership that was closest to me. The other dealership then gave me a call about 2 hours before I was to go put down my deposit, and offered the car @ $22,890 ($521 above invoice). At that point, I gave the other dealership a call to tell them of the new price, and surprisingly, they dropped out. So I am taking the car for $22,890. What do you guys/girls think of the price?0
Thanks Keith. I'm glad that you enjoy this site so much. Here's the info that you're looking for. If you were to lease a 2006 Acura RSX-S through Honda Finance right now for 36 months with 12,000 miles per year, its buy rate lease money factor and residual value should be .00132 and 60%, respectively. It is difficult to say whether Acura's August lease program for this model will be more attractive than its current one. If I had to make an educated guess, I would say that it will probably be about the same, but again it is difficult to say for certain. I'm not sure what you mean by the "WHOLE percentage." I could be wise and say 100% , but instead I'll ask you to elaborate on what you mean.
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kyfdx Posts: 88,588Taxes are pretty high in Illinois on leases... If that includes everything, it sounds like a great deal.. The car has an MSRP of around $25K, right?
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Yea...you pay taxes on entire price of the car, not just leased portion. MSRP is $24,490. A final due at signing is $2,500, including first month pmt and other fees. We're taking the $284/month to other dealerships and seeing if they will beat it. We've been getting prices in the $350/month range for normal RSX's (not type S) and Scion tc, so we think this is a pretty good deal for a better car.0
blockerm Posts: 3I am currently looking to lease a Type S on July 31st. The dealer quoted a money factor of .00132 and a residual of 0.57 for a 36 month/ 12k miles a year. Does this match what others are getting?0
tbenson81 Posts: 25Car Man - you are awesome
Can you check the August Finance rates through Honda Finance.
Looking for residuals for an RSX- Type S.
(3 yr / 15k lease) and a (4yr / 12k mile lease)
Hello blockerm. Honda Finance's current buy rate lease money factor for consumers who qualify for its "Super Preferred" credit tier and pay a security deposit is .00132, just like you were quoted. This is a good sign because it means that the dealer that you are working with is not trying to mark your car's money factor up to add additional back-end profit to your deal. The residual value that you were quoted is on the money as well. This lease program is scheduled to run through September 5th.
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Thanks tbenson81 :blush: . Honda Finance's current buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 36 month, 15,000 mile per year lease of a 2006 RSX Type-S are .00132 and 58%, respectively. This factor assumes that you qualify for Honda Finance's "Super Preferred" credit tier and pay a security deposit at lease signing. You definitely should not lease this car for any longer than 36 months. That is the longest term that Acura's special money factors for it are available for. If you were to lease it for 48 months, its money factor would jump all the way to .00283.
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raniac Posts: 2Im planning on buying a 2006 RSX Auto w/ Leather. I live in orange county, California. What is a good price range that I should be paying for this car?
I've already contacted several dealers and I've heard from $20,740 to $500 under invoice ( which I doubt he'll keep his word)
Should I be thinking of a low price since the RSX is being discontinued and by October 06 RSX's will be a used car that wont sell in their inventory?0
jbell67 Posts: 3hello!
i am interested in the RSX-S lease. 36 month. 15,000.
i read in a previous posting that the tae lease and money factor was .00132 and 58% respectively. are they still at these rates?
also, what do you think about the car being discontinued? is this wise, to lease this car? i like it a lot, and it is a good value for what you get...and compared to other cars in this class and price range...i think it is a great deal. what do you think?
also...one last question. what should i ask for, MSRP? $500 over dealer invoice? do you know current dealer invoice?0
alberty Posts: 1I want to thank people of this site because when I leased my Acura TSX this year, I was able to use information from this site to negotiate a good deal.
My girlfriend is in the market for a new car and really likes the RSX. She's a PhD student so money is somewhat tight. We realize that a 48 month lease might have a poor MF but we're looking for a lower monthly payment.
If someone could supply the MF and residuals for the month for September, we would be very thankful.0
bedi Posts: 6Last week dealers gave quotes as low $22,000, today the quotes are around $24,000 - with the statement that this is the end of RSX-S and the remaining cars are few. The leasing incentive was also removed this week. This was week for me buy, so both changes were like death blows to my intention. My remaining hope is that there with be a swing back before the end.0
Hello jbell67. Unfortunately, with its new September lease program Acura stopped providing lease support on the RSX. As a result, if you were to lease one through Honda Finance now you would have to use its standard lease program, which is much worse than the special program that was available on the RSX in August. Honda Finance's current buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 36 month lease of a 2006 RSX-S with 15,000 miles per year are .00283 and 58%, respectively for consumers who qualify for its "Super Preferred" credit tier and pay a security deposit at lease signing.
I am not intimately familiar with what the market is like for this model right now, but I suspect that most dealers would be happy to blow out any remaining '06 RSX models that they have at fairly close to dealer invoice. You can look up the dealer invoice of the model that you want by visiting the following section of this site: Edmunds.com - Acura Pricing. In general, there's nothing wrong with leasing a model that will be discontinued but this car's lease program is so bad that there are probably a number of better vehicles for the money out there right now.
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You're very welcome, alberty. I'm glad to hear that you got a good deal on your TSX. Unfortunately, Acura's lease program for the RSX is not very attractive right now. Honda Finance's current buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 36 month lease of a base 2006 RSX with 12,000 miles per year are .00283 and 57%, respectively. The numbers for an otherwise identical 48 month lease are .00283 and 47%.
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pink_scare Posts: 1I bought an RSX Type-S this week. The fact that they are discontinuing the model definitely drove the price up. I was looking at the base model and test drove the last manual transmission left at dealerships in my state. When I returned from the test drive, the car was immediately handed over to the guy who had just bought it! So I ended up with a Type-S. I was quoted MSRP of $24500 from two dealerships in town, ended up agreeing to $23900, but I didn't argue much. It's hard to argue when they point out that this is it, and if I don't pay for it, someone else will. I'm happy with my price.0
commissioner Posts: 3Bought a red Type S in July. Love the car, but leave it to a car salesman to make it a bad experience. I ended up paying $23,250 plus tax and license.
Westmont (IL) Acura salesman originally told me $23K when I was there. I left and emailed him back that after thinking about it $23K was fine...now add tax, title and license and give me the total. That turned out to be $25,200. I didn't think anything of it. Then I go with the check to p/u the car and I notice the price of the car on the paperwork is $23,400, plus tax, title and license. Salesman is pissed off because he says we agreed on the phone to a total price of $25,200. Yeah, we did, with him misleading me to believe that tax, title and license came to $2,200 instead of about $1,800. I tell him we agreed on 23K plus tax, title and license, and there was no way I was going over $23,250 on the price of the car. At one point he warned me that I wouldn never find another red Type S, because they're really hard to find. I almost walked out anyway I was so pissed.
Anyway, he goes and talks to the boss and comes back with $23,250, which, at the time, is what Edmunds says was the average price in my neighborhood. What this dealership was trying to pull is probably pretty standard stuff. Just make sure that--after you agree on a price for the car--you check their math on all the other stuff. In the end I'm sitting there with a check for $15K and they weren't about to let me walk out the door.
Love the car though. I've heard people say that the stereo is kind of crappy, and I'd go along with that. Hell, the stereo in my '98 Malibou sounded better. Then again, the stero ain't why I bought the car.0
Now that Acura has stopped making the RSX I'm wondering when the best time to buy an 06 type S would be. There are about 20 of them at dealerships in my area. Does anyone know when Acura dealers really start to clear their lots for next year's models? I know some places really like to start pushing 07 models in October, so late September might be a good time to buy, but I'm not sure if this is the case with Acura. Any thoughts?0
But this model is not being supplanted by the '07s, it is being dropped! So the usual rules do not apply.
RSXs have stopped shipping to dealers, so what is out there is the largest selection of new RSXs that will ever exist again. American Honda has removed all incentives for this model, and the last few will sell without the dealers having to try too hard. And they know that, so the hot summer deals have passed into history along with the Labor Day weekend.
Thing is, demand for this model was always steady, even this year, so they won't have to beg people to buy the last few of these great cars, and even so they will be gone well before New Years. Strike now while the iron is hot and the selection of colors and whatnot is still pretty good. At least, that would be my recommendation.
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bf109ace Posts: 77I ever looked at the RSX Type-S and test drove it. What a disappointment! Sorry. It has 200hp but I didn't feel I have much passing power at around 70-80mph on freeway. The communication between road and drive is not as good as the old Integra Type-R.
For $23K, I would look at the Audi A3 or Subura WRX. Reliability wise, Acura maybe better than both but I just get with the humble low-end torque with the RSX.
I still want a car from Acura but not RSX nor TSX (over-priced comparing with A4 or 328i) or TL (too big/heavy). Re-introduce the Type-R with a bigger engine - 2.6-2.8 or better yet the new turbo (for RDX) with RWD. Even the Lexus has the IS250/350 with RWD. Why cannot Acura do it for better performance/handling? :confuse:0
pky Posts: 2hey i bought an 06 acura rsx-type s/silver from westmont,il also. my experience with them was horrible! they told me that they were rated #3 in customer service-my reply to that was "i'm not surprised at all as to why you guys are #3 and not #1" salesman and manager had no comeback for that.
i asked my guy friend to call all the acura dealers and ask around for pricing for me b/c everytime i called they would give me the highest prices possible thinking that i was a girl and didnt know anything about cars. all the prices they gave me were about 500-1000 diff from the prices they gave him. finally he got westmont and gave him a price of 23000 flat on a new 06 rsx-type s-he told them that i would call them with my information and when i did call the salesman there he tried to tell me it was for $23250, i told him forget it. he called me back and said there must have been some misunderstanding. i lived in WI so i had to drive to IL for the car. before i got there i called them to make sure the car was ready and detailed, i was told it was ready for me, all i would have to do was get there signed the paperwork and take my car home. when i got there it was not even ready, they wanted me to sign the paperwork without even looking at it and test driving it. i refused. they didnt even detailed the car or wiped the inside. i was very upset and told them forget it. it took them 3 hours to clean out the car and get new panelings on the car. i wanted the car but hated the experience. i refuse to do anymore car buying from this dealership.0
I ended up buying a black 06 RSX-S last week at Kearny Mesa Acura in San Diego for $22,770. I used edmunds.com to get quotes from several dealers in Orange, LA & San Diego counties. I also called USAA & had them contact KM Acura since they were the closest ones to me. They got an offer of $22,830. I got a quote of $22,770 from one of the Orange dealers & KM was able to match that. Their fleet department was very easy to deal with. The only option I went with was lojack for $375 (bargained down from $695). I got my extended service contract thru WarrantyDirect.com for $1100 for 7 years/100k miles. Most importantly, I LOVE my new car!0
lisawang Posts: 1I got a quotation $20788 for new 2006 RSX basic which is about $700 above the invoice price in Dallas TX area. Is this a good offer? Please Help. Thanks!0
benzoservceguy Posts: 60Just got an 06 RSX w/Leather.
Vivid Blue Pearl
5 Speed Manual
Invoice: $20,266
I paid: $20,719 ($453.00 OVER Invoice)
With taxes (7.25% Ventura County Cali), tag, license, regi and ALL fees ... $22,500 OTD
Purchased from Keys Acura on Van Nuys blvd..
Was a good purchase. I offered 22,500 OTD, they countered with 22,950, I again offered 22,500 OTD (should have offered 22,250 OTD)
They accepted.
I left happy knowing both sides got a good deal. Could I have ground them a few more dollars? Possibly.
Do I think I made a good decision and got a good deal .. YEAH
Oh, and by the way.. the car is for my daughter.
She now gets to make monthly payments to M&D credit union .... (Mom & Dad)0
sliceopizza Posts: 26Hi, I am looking at a green 2006 rsx with leather and 10k miles on it. The carfax report says this car was owned by the previous owner for only 3 months. I can't figure that out but my question is about price. The salesman blurted out that he could maybe go to $18500.00 plus tax and everything else. After reading some of these posts it seems like it could be a little lower with 10k on it. Any and all responses are greatly appreciated. Thanks.0
I'm betting repo...
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marx66 Posts: 1with 10K mile, from private seller. Any suggestion?0
wha Posts: 3I have an Acura RSX 2004 type S silver/black with only 20k miles on it, excellent condition with painted fog lights, drill/slot rotors, spoiler, chrome wheels, backup sensors. The price is $17k - check it out on Craigslist.com0
mrfurious214 Posts: 111. I got a lease in May 2006 on a 2006 Acura RSX Type-S. I put $1300 down and my payments are $305 per month (including tax) for 36 months with 15k miles per year. Was this a good deal?
2. I have not put as many miles on my car as I thought I would be. Currently I have just under 24,000 miles. I will prob only be driving 750 miles per month going forward which will put me severley under the 45k I pay for. How does this affect me when my lease is up? Will I be able to get this equity out of the car being that it will be worth more than what it would be if I used all 45k? Or will I just lose this all since it's leased? Please explain how that will work.0
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Tasia of Sewaholic's latest pattern, The Robson coat. I was one of the pattern tester.
The pattern recommended to use light to medium weight woven fabrics such as cotton twill or canvas for this coat, but I have something different in my mind. My fabric is polyester with eyelet pattern and certain sheen on it.
I underlined the fabric with rayon lining, carefully basted around each pieces by hand since both layers were quite slippery. This process took quite a long time but I'm glad I did it because it really made the sewing process easy. Per the instruction, all the seam allowances are then enclosed in bias binding. I made my own binding from the lining fabric but a store-bought one would make the process faster.
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Mar 21, 2013, 05.21 AMby caramia-made
I sooooo love it. And you would look so stylish wandering around Robson Street in Vancouver (where the coat gets its name from!) :) xxx Caramia (from Canada)
Mar 18, 2013, 07.34 PMby balllisaann
This reminds me of the jacket Gemma Arterton wore in Quantum of Solice Some day I hope to make one.
I wish I could find a better picture: http://www.haironthebrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/gemma-arterton-red-hair-Quantum-of-solace.jpg
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Mar 18, 2013, 11.29 AMby mry
What a great trenchcoat! The fabric is amazing.
Mar 18, 2013, 10.33 AMby Anniemollison
I love it. I have been looking at alot of coats lately as it is getting cooler here in Aus soon. This looks like a great choice.
Mar 18, 2013, 10.27 AMby lentretemps
really beautiful coat, I love the fabric !
Mar 18, 2013, 09.04 AMby Ivanamania
This is beautiful coat! It looks excellent made, the pattern it flattering and fabric is very nice
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